Israeli army says gunman killed in W Bank clash

Jerusalem, Oct 8: Israeli troops today killed a Palestinian gunman who attacked a military unit conducting searches in the occupied West Bank, the army said.

It said the gunman was shot in Balata, a refugee camp next to the Palestinian-ruled city of Nablus. Palestinian sources in the area had no immediate confirmation.

The army said there were no Israeli casualties.

The Web site of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz said the dead man was a member of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction. Al-Aqsa is among factions spearheading a six-year-old Palestinian revolt.

Reuters